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...opriate to protect the public health or safety or the environment. At least forty-five days before issuance of such an order the commission shall mail written notice to the owner or operator of the facility by certified mail, return receipt requested, and shall notify the public, by the publication of notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the facility is located, of the commission's intenti...

...(A) The owner or operator of a facility where a hazardous chemical is produced, used, or stored and from which a release of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous substance occurs in an amount equal to or exceeding the reportable quantity prescribed in rules adopted under division (B)(1)(c) or (C)(5) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code shall provide the notices required by divisions (C) and (D) of this sect...

...to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regulations adopted under it shall, within thirty days after the effective date of this section, submit to the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district in which the facility is located, the emergency resp...

...to prepare or have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the "Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970," 84 Stat. 1590, 29 U.S.C.A. 651, as amended, and regulations adopted under it, or who is required to submit a list under division (A), (D), or (E), or is authorized to submit material safety data sheets instead of that list under division (E), of section 3750.07 of the Revised Code...

...(A) Notwithstanding any provision in this chapter to the contrary, an owner or operator of a facility that is regulated under Chapter 1509. of the Revised Code shall be deemed to have satisfied all of the inventory requirements established under this chapter, except for the release reporting requirements established under section 3750.06 of the Revised Code, by complying with the requirements established in section 1...

...Code shall provide a copy of a material safety data sheet or emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form that contains the specific chemical identity of an extremely hazardous substance or hazardous chemical, if the specific chemical identity is known, to any treating physician or nurse who requests that information if the physician or nurse determines that all of the following conditions pertain to the request: ...

...(A) Any person who seeks to review or obtain copies of information submitted to the emergency response commission or a local emergency planning committee under this chapter and rules adopted under it shall submit a written application to the information coordinator of the commission or committee in accordance with the policies and procedures in rules adopted under division (B)(2)(c) of section 3750.02 of the Revised ...

... necessary to protect public health and safety and the environment or to protect emergency management personnel responding to a release of any such substance or chemical from the facility, the fire department, in accordance with rules adopted under division (B)(2)(f) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, may submit an application to the committee of the district in which the facility is located for issuance of an o...

...The fire marshal, after consultation with the emergency response commission, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing standards governing the placement of placards or labels containing specified information at bulk storage areas of hazardous chemicals for the purposes of division (E) of section 3750.11 of the Revised Code. The rules shall, without limitation, do all of the fo...

...(A)(1) Except as provided in division (A)(3) or (4) of this section, the owner or operator of a facility required to annually file an emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form under section 3750.08 of the Revised Code shall submit with the inventory form a filing fee of one hundred fifty dollars. In addition to the filing fee, the owner or operator shall submit with the inventory form the following additional f...

...ling hazardous chemical lists, material safety data sheets, or emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms submitted under this chapter for distribution to the public; (c) Reimburse any person for expenditures incurred for emergency response and cleanup of a release of oil, a hazardous substance, or an extremely hazardous substance; (d) Perform any assessment of damages to natural resources resulting from a re...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the emergency planning and community right-to-know reserve fund consisting of all moneys credited to it under section 3750.14 of the Revised Code. Fifty per cent of the moneys in the reserve fund shall be used for the grant program under division (B) of this section, and fifty per cent of the moneys shall be held in reserve for the purposes of division (C) of this sec...

...A member of the emergency response commission or his designated representative who also is an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, a member of the local emergency planning committee of the emergency planning district having territorial jurisdiction who is also an officer or employee of the state or a political subdivision, or the designated representative of the fire department having territo...

...(A) No person shall violate any section of this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under it. (B) No person shall falsify, tamper with, or render inaccurate any information or records required to be submitted under any section of this chapter, a rule adopted under it, or an order issued under it. Violation of this division is not also a violation of division (C) of this section and is not falsification under s...

...The executive committee of the emergency response commission may issue orders requiring the owner or operator of a facility or other responsible person at a facility to abate a violation of any section of this chapter or a rule adopted under it, and orders requiring a local emergency planning committee or fire department to comply with this chapter or rules adopted under it. Enforcement orders issued under this sect...

...The environmental review appeals commission created in section 3745.02 of the Revised Code has exclusive original jurisdiction over any matter that may be brought before it under Chapter 3745. of the Revised Code or this chapter. For purposes of this section, the terms "any person," "act," and "action" have the same meanings as in section 3745.04 of the Revised Code. Any person who has been aggrieved or adversely af...

...(A) The attorney general, the prosecuting attorney of the county, or the city director of law of the city where a violation has occurred or is occurring, upon the written request of the executive committee of the emergency response commission, the local emergency planning committee, or the fire department having jurisdiction where the violation has occurred or is occurring, shall prosecute to termination or bring an ...

...A member of the emergency response commission, officer or employee of the environmental protection agency, member or employee of a local emergency planning committee, officer or employee of a fire department, health professional, physician, nurse, or other person who receives information classified as a trade secret pursuant to rules adopted under division (B)(2)(d) of section 3750.02 of the Revised Code, information...

...including the Ohio department of public safety, the Ohio highway patrol, the office of homeland security, and the emergency management agency. (2) A local emergency planning committee, fire department, sheriff, or chief of police, or other public office that receives a vulnerability assessment or other security-sensitive information pursuant to division (A)(1) of this section may provide a copy of that assessment or...

...(A) Whoever recklessly violates section 3750.06 of the Revised Code or an order issued under section 3750.18 of the Revised Code to enforce that section is guilty of a felony and shall be fined at least ten thousand but not more than twenty-five thousand dollars or imprisoned for at least two but not more than four years, or both. Each day of violation is a separate offense. Upon a second or subsequent conviction for...

...As used in this chapter: (A) "Confidential business information" means the types or categories of information identified in rules adopted by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA. (B) "EPCRA" means the "Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act of 1986," 100 Stat. 1728, 42 U.S.C. 11001, et seq. (C) "Facility" means all buildings, equipment, structures, and othe...

...The director of environmental protection may do any of the following: (A) Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code establishing requirements or authorizations that the director considers necessary or appropriate to implement and administer this chapter. (B) As the representative of the governor pursuant to EPCRA, request the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency t...

...(A)(1) On or before the first day of July of each year or as otherwise prescribed by the administrator of the United States environmental protection agency under EPCRA, the owner or operator of a facility described in division (A)(2) of this section shall prepare and submit to the administrator a completed toxic chemical release form for each toxic chemical that was so manufactured, processed, or otherwise used at th...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section, any person required to provide information under section 3751.03 of the Revised Code may withhold from submission the specific chemical identity, including the chemical name and other specific identification, of the toxic chemical on the grounds that the information constitutes a trade secret if either of the following conditions is met: (1)(a) At the...

...All civil penalties received under division (B) of section 3751.10 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the toxic chemical release reporting fund, hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys credited to the fund shall be expended by the director exclusively for the purposes of implementing, administering, and enforcing this chapter and the rules adopted and orders issued under it.